alt Hacker NewsIt’s trivial for law enforcement to track your movement with ALPR cameras. Information feeds into a single database, paid for by law enforcement agencies, and they just connect the dots.
Ring camera footage requires law enforcement to get a warrant or for individuals to give consent to supply the footage.
Now tell me which system makes it easier for a cop to stalk their ex.
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All this is assuming one travels exclusively by car. Bikes, public transport, or walking are not as easy to track using this system.
Then again, these modes of transport are less popular in the US; I guess such a surveillance system is extra effective in the US because of that.
Most ring users contribute their data and no warrant is required. If they don’t, the majority of people are cooperative.
Ring is problematic in some ways but doesn’t produce trivially searchable metadata.
There was an article posted recently announcing that Flock reached an agreement with Amazon to ingest Ring cameras into their system.